JPEG-XL Is Back On The Menu

Many of the image formats we’re familiar with have been around for decades. We all know JPEG and PNG like the back of our hands, and GIF even had a …read more

How Bad Is That Bridge: A Government Database

Bridges! We kind of expect them to just be there and do their job, ad infinitum. They are built into the landscape, and we often take them and the routes …read more

The Fascinating World Of IrDA And Other Infrared Protocols

Infrared (IR) communication technologies are probably one of the most influential, yet also one of the least flashiest. The fact that IR communication tends to be highly directional and often …read more

Hackaday Links: October 25, 2026

Some disappointing, but perhaps not entirely unsurprising news this week out of Denmark — after announcing last year that they would transition away from Microsoft’s proprietary software, the realities of …read more

Japan Launches Mission To Study Martian Moon

Humanity has been sending robotic explorers to Mars since the 1970s, and for our efforts we’ve been rewarded with not only incredible imagery of the Red Planet’s magnificent desolation, but …read more

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Snake On A Seven-Segment Display Is Gloriously Bad

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By Tom Nardi | October 30, 2026

You’ve no doubt heard the saying, “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” But there’s actually a counter-perspective to this particular philosophy that says it’s also worth doing …read more
Is This The Only Instrument You Need?

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By Jenny List | October 29, 2026

When working on an electronic project it’s likely you will find yourself working with a variety of different instruments, be they logic analysers, oscilloscopes, or whatever. These can take up …read more
Putting A MiSTer Marquee On A Better Display

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By Tom Nardi | October 29, 2026

Some MiSTer users put a small secondary “marquee” display on the FPGA board that can show information about the system such as the currently loaded core and what game it …read more
Replicating The Color-Changing Effect Of The Lycurgus Cup

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By Maya Posch | October 29, 2026

Although most archaeological finds from ancient civilizations aren’t quite as exciting as what you might expect from the movies, occasionally you come across something that’s truly special. The Lycurgus Cup …read more
An Attempt At A Useful Desktop OS For Microcontrollers

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By Jenny List | October 29, 2026

We’re living at an interesting time here in 2026, when microcontrollers are becoming powerful enough to surpass the capabilities of “real” computers from a time when those real computers were …read more
2026 Hackaday Supercon: All The Speakers!

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By Elliot Williams | October 29, 2026

We announced our first round of speakers, and then the workshops, and we were going to dribble out updates on the rest of the speakers as they came in, but …read more
Robot Picks Up Othello

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By Al Williams | October 29, 2026

Experience is a great teacher. Ask [Jeneus], who, in high school, tried to make a program that played Othello. It didn’t go well. But years later, the idea produced an impressive …read more

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